So I have a Samsung Galaxy J5 SM-J500F which suddenly refused to boot in any way (normal, recovery, download). I booted TWRP from external SD card but it shows Internal Storage (0 MB). Can't mount or ...

I used the Asus File Manager app hidden cabinet feature to store files. Now the app crashes whenever I open it. The files being gone is a conclusion I've come to accept, but I would like to delete the ...

Since when I got my current phone (May 2018) I had to reformat my MicroSD card about 3-4 times, probably because of file system corruption. (It's a SanDisk 8GB one, for those who are wondering. And ...

When moving files around tru different dirs and across PC / smartphone, timestamp for last modified date usually get reset to the very datetime of move / copy operation. This lead to files being non-...

I would like to know If I certain file moves on the Flash memory (internal storage), between writes/updates to it.
Is there some way I can get the file's location on the Flash memory?
(Cluster Number,...

A really old Smartphone having Cyanogenmod on it provides only about 400 MB space for data/data.
Now this space is full. df shows 0.0K of free space. The homescreen doesn't even appear, only errors ...

I want to push images to one of this folders:
with shell command. But file only appears on sdcard folder
My last tries was:
adb push C:\Users\User\Pictures\girl.jpg /data/media/0/Pictures/
adb push ...

In (multi-user) Android there are UIDs like these:
u0_everybody
u10_everybody
u11_everybody
Those seem different to the usual uXX_aYY UIDs used for the applications. What is their purpose? Is this a ...

Whenever I take pictures with my phone, the picture turns grey, with only a strip of the picture on the side. I recently reset my phone to try to solve the problem, and it worked, but then it started ...

Where Android apps store data?
I am trying to find all the app data of a game installed on my device(2.53GB) for move it to another device(first time) because I need to change my device soon... I don'...

I have an Android app that will create a file in /data/ and immediately delete it. I want to know how can I catch this file or create a copy or even disable user permissions to delete a file? I have ...

I have an xiaomi redmi note 5 rooted:
to get rid of the notification system about new updates I've renamed the
" Updater.apk " file on root /system/data/Updater , but now the phone in in bootloop.
I'...

How can I change file permission of a file on Android without rooting? I actually want to prevent some files from deletion.
Note: I am asking of changing the file permissions of user-created files in ...

I compared 2 devices; one running Android v5.1.1 and other v9.0. So I noticed that files under /proc are same in both.
Can anyone explain why there is no difference even though OEM's are different and ...

Don't know how long ago the files disappeared or whether it has to do my the Oreo upgrade recently; or using the phone's "fix now" button to delete leftover files; but the audio files that were less ...

so I am running a galaxy j7 on Android 7 nougat
something very strange happened recently
just to give you a background to not max out my internal storage I have mounted WhatsApp folder using a third ...

I have Collins dictionary in my Samsung Galaxy S6 edge which is System app (it can only be disabled, no uninstall option). I want to transfer this dictionary to my j7 mobile but it does not transfers ...

I'm looking for a way to access my devices files in Firefox. The reason for this is I want to use an extension to read *.md file.
I know that I can use file:/// to access files, but the extension can'...

When I was searching with the "File Manager" app (com.alphainventor.filemanager) for some files in the root-folder, it generated hundreds (almost a thousand) folders in the proc-folder.
[I don't have ...

When building AOSP (Android Open Source Project) or LineageOS, there is a tool named breakfast. It downloads proprietary blobs and integrates them to the source tree.
I have read this article, does ...

I am trying to find a way to determine the user name of the current shell user from within a shell / terminal on an Android device.
The Android environment that I have in /system/bin and /system/xbin ...

I have been researching how it is possible to gain access to a phone's file system using something like the phone number, IMEI number or other identification number in a similar way that I can SSH or ...

I am trying to move a file from /sdcard to another device file and I am getting the following:
mv: bad 'xxxxxxxx.0': No such file or directory
while ls -l shows the file in directory.
The device is ...

I have some very special questions for you.
My friend gave me a broken xcover-3 g388f.
He wants the data on it, so I "Chip off" the internal memory and read it out with a chip reader. Now he came to ...

I recently encountered a problem using Threema on LineageOS 15.1: I noticed that whenever I want to download a picture posted by someone else in a conversation, I get the message "Could not download ...

How do I view the files on my tablet from my phone? Do I have to connect wirelessly? I am working on a translation and would like to see the original on one tablet and the file I'm working on on the ...

data/sensors_calibration_params.xml does not exist while factory reset of lenovo yoga tab 3 and it's battery is stuck at 0%.
I have done factory reset and have tried different cords to charge but it ...

I suppose that messages and media sent and received in incognito mode are encrypted but they have to be stored or at least cached somewhere on the device as long as the timer, if any, has not finished....

I've been experimenting with dual-boot between Linux and Android on an x86 device which came with Android + Windows preinstalled (Chuwi Hi10 Pro).
I soon found out that simply booting Ubuntu (either ...

I am in need of a new mobile and the new kid on the block is Android 8.0 . From what little I could garner it seems there are three partitions by default which happen in an android phone. I come from ...